Four Factors Influencing The Adoption of ePayables Technology
There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – CPO Strategies: Paving the Road to Recovery Session
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and…
Sourcing Smarter to Accelerate Procurement’s Impact (New Webinar)
[Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners on October 1st at 2 PM ET for the Sourcing Smarter: Accelerating Procurement's Impact webinar, sponsored by Scout RFP.] In the last six months, procurement…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 512: A Conversation with Michael Wachholz, CEO of Geometric Results, Inc. (GRI)
This week, we chat with Michael Wachholz, CEO of GRI. Michael and I chat about why direct sourcing has become such a hot topic (and how it drives value), the…
Becoming Data-Driven in Accounts Payable
Due to the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, and connected devices permeating the modern business environment, more data is being created each year than ever…
The Impact of Direct Sourcing on the Future of Work
Direct sourcing, also known as “self-sourcing,” has emerged over the past several years as a powerful instrument in the talent acquisition toolbox. Direct sourcing entails a business, in essence, acting…
Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 (New Webinar)
Join Ardent Partners on September 17th at 2 PM ET for our Procurement Management Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by Corcentric. The disruptive days of 2020 have placed Chief Procurement Officers…
Strategies for Successful AP Operations – New Webinar
For too many years, Accounts Payable ("AP") has lacked the voice and credibility needed to accomplish a transformation without the support of others. However, in the face of extraordinary times…
CPO News — September 9, 2020
Welcome to the (end of) Summer edition of CPO News! Over the past couple months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 510: Reimagining Business Leadership in the Face of Future of Work Transformations
This week on the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, we discuss why business leadership must be reimagined in the face of new Future of Work shifts towards empathy and flexibility. Tune…